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Apocynaceae
Asclepias

Asclepias oenotheroides Chamisso & Schlechtendal. Common name: Sidecluster Milkweed, Hierba de Zizotes, Matacoyote. Phenology: (Feb-) Mar-Nov; (Apr-) May-Nov (-Jan). Habitat: Sandy or rocky calcareous prairie, other dry habitats. Distribution: OK, s. CO, and s. AZ south to Mexico and Central America.

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Origin/Endemic status: Native

Other Comments: "The flowers of A. oenotheroides are structurally about the most elegantly contrived of all milkweeds, but the color is very dingy and the whole aspect of the plant is extraordinarily weedy" (Woodson 1954).

Synonymy ⓘ: = FNA14, GrPl, K4, Mex, NcTx, Ok, Tx. Basionym: Asclepias oenotheroides Cham. & Schltdl. 1830

Links to other floras: = Asclepias oenotheroides - FNA14

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACU
  • Great Plains: FACU

Heliophily ⓘ: 4

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